Paleosecular variation in field directions due to randomly varying gauss coefficients

Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 615-631

  Kono, Masaru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAUSS COEFFICIENT; PALAEOMAGNETISM; PALAEOSECULAR VARIATION;

EID: 0031465977     PISSN: 00221392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5636/jgg.49.615     Document Type: Article

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